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HAWAIIAN- GAZETTE. ..FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1917. SEMI-WEErLY,-' Hit Ti 'HYP 'f. 1IS: REVEtefelD: ;f:Private - Journal KeptTells' Storv 61 PlotsSchrdedcr add k(c6fih Involved laTale of ConspiracyCRUISER WAS SPY NESTGerman treachery of the blackest ,typeJlMnnwh,pot4 .gains!the Entente Allies gross violation of neutrality,' 'cynical 'disregardoi international, law ana contemnrvic ,inc viiucu, oidtca in,irwi)uie wun oiner. nations- an ;tncseseriously implicating Q'eorg fiodiek, H. A- Schrotfdery F W. Klehahrtand other local men are revealed ,m; tlif" personal .diary'.of .Captainjs.an urassnot the Uerman commander, of the German cruiser Geier,now the Amriran wa rati in -tiiir ' . ' . . : . i iThe diary of Captain Grasshof- !.navai intelligence aepartment ot,vesterdav bv that office. '. . . !. " ",- . i ';. J V- C '! , .. i . ... . IThe diary contains notes from day to day and gives ".detainoHnstruction for damaging the, German Interned vesselsi 'listeningjon naval radio messages, endeavoring in every possible mannerto circumvent American officials regard o. the. internment ofvthGerman bluejackets and officers, and the spreading of false rumorsrnnCM'ninff r airier a in tU PariA tn Voinnar All!. I i-UIAr.:.. ITTie naval intelligence office,:terday, decided that the contents,and others, was Of leep public, interest an4 authority had.beerv requested from Washington to make it public. This authorization,says the official; was received only yesterday morning and the diaryextracts were then given out for publication-V' . RODIEK INVOLVED ; ;The diary gives in formatioa concerning transactions at th GerTman consulate, in the Hackfeld building, which. fail tq substantiatet,he explanations, given by. Mr, Rodiek recently when he.i pleadedguilty in Sari Francisco to the charge f conspiracy.. The diaryserves to draw a net of evidence aowt Mr, Rodiekt aridj others mentioned,, indicating that they, . wer parties to . th'; conspiracy whichemanated frpm Berlin' and Washington, andf jearrled.pn,,, in .part'iaThe diary, says the nval intelligence official, ; was not obtainedaboard the Geier at the time of the vessel's surrender to the UnitedStates early this year, but was discovered later;, by, .agents ; of the"government. It indicates that Captain Grasshof, even, had plansfur making bu own escape.. S ... it even reiers to the necessity for spreading rumors of. Germansubmarines and raiders operating in; the South Pacific, rumors whichwere spread in the community at .the time by others, than thosementioned, but cloely connected with officials of the German consulate. ,Am6ngt those known. 'tp, have spread these rumors wereSchroeder and Bertram von Damnv : ".'.,, :,'' - i V-'In absolute disregard to the terms of internment Captain Grasshof, even though his wireless apparatus was supposed to be out Ofcommission while his Vessel lay at the naval dock hereV.w'as in constant wireless communication with the officers of the German cruiserCormoran, interned at Guam, i -r y t t tri'wr. c '(STEAMSHIP MAN IMPLICATEDi . .- T. ' a ii. '.:The diary involves the, name of. Kircheiscn, a .quartermasteraboard the China Mail Steamship China, who wap hi fa.ct, anumber to designate him .at the German-.embassy,, jwhb operated, asa spy and part of the conspiracy machine, keeping in close touchwith officials here,, particularly with Grasshof. : . ; ',-.The diaty also gives prominence to the name of jack D. Cleary,who was present at a Christmas gathering in ,1915 and lauded theGermans, following a similar line of spepcb erapkjyc4 by PrqfessprDwycr, a language teacher, who, roomed at th house of DoctorF. Schurmann, on Beretania Street, whose document in defense of(lennanisni was published, not long ago, with the printed endorsement therein of the. present Governor of Hawaii: , 4; ,,Because of statements made in the diary, and foroter reasons,Captain Grasshof was brought before a court at Schpfiejd Barracks,and placed in solitary, confinement until he was sent away, underguard, for internment on the. mainland. . , ; ,. ' ,.Some references in 'the diarv are not atnaretUrr rlr Imtare explicit and give nariies and dates and persons connected withdiplomatic transactions which were being used to aid. the .conspiracy.The diary opens in 1914 when the Geier .rama tn Hnnnluhi .4mm1,China as a refugee, and the name of Captain, Bpy-ed, the, militaryattache of the German embassy at Washington, is giveii 'prominence. .V. V v.The first, entries are in October, 1914,- a hort timeafter, the(Icier was interned here by American naval officers and the Germancaptain" given hi parole. . ':, ;:: 1 v'.l :..-;-.-.;When the American naval officials took charge of the Geier on, unuai; wucii yussugi aim ins crew uestroyea.trje machinery, the German captain endeavored to destroy his office records by throwing, them into the harbor. 'At; the. suggestion, of anAdvertiser reporter, who saw the books and documents going, overboard, an army officer had many of them collected from' the. waterby soldiers who manned a .rowboat at his request for that purpose.SMUGGLINQ MEN OUT ,On October 28.. 1914, Captafn .Grasshof makes-. PPtty that hesent a telegram to Knorr (presumed to be an attache -of the con-uiato at man iranuiw-o), that toesciidinj honifi of .'officer! and men ofI hi' (Jeier wua jumBible, and two officer!ami two men, nick, were given finitructium", and aUo utatea in the lamaparagraph that tli iteaniera 'I.oohhuh (collier) and the Holitatla are outof eomnilwilon . He add! that ihereply to hla telegram indUated that theHhh Fraiiciwo ncmlcr of the meimagahail "coneenKMl" the Informationabout the men and Lad neeurrd nctorunuulutiuna for tUcm in New York, andthat a rccuimendution for iheltur on(htrninn nliipa for tbent had benn given.Another hlcgruui ivut by Uraasbof Ju-y taptam pi MierM Stmm Rn I.... i .tor nosmla ltv . tttemnts. d inis now In tlie possession ' .toF. tte. . . . . 1Honolulu anu was given publicity' ' t ! ' . ' . a. ' ..', t.an official of that office stated Yesof the diarv. incfiminatmp RorfieWquired; if the returninir "borne" waipouiibie, aud added that "there waeno trouble here." .On October 39 h WrHer be reeeiveda telegram f rear 8atf-VrtliciBco- nhithaid that if email oUbibera were ent,thla traniiportatloni of taett ' Win "poeirible, and add that" the eooaulate atfan -FranMaeo idltpped pp." r: On October .30 ii ivritea that be received a 'inoMaga ; from .New TwitlApifA by oy-i:d, aa follow: " Turned out pobrty Oeir", and not to aeodhome any, men who, could- not (peakother lanjuajci than Oerman, Boy Edaiding filne paenportt neeeMary"!He tepUei to Boy-KdJ atklnft whV"femet attempt ' did not torn oatproperly", aad added he would avoidfarther failure. r , - j, 0b November I the 8a Franeiiedconaulate informed him the men already aent to the Coaat bad been(tiight. but their relcaie had been relqurted - . ' . 'ABoy-Ed rit . ... . :l : 'j, .Boy td, accerdlng to another entruggeirted the fitting out of k aehoonefor a radio matter, prenumably foi'operation in the PaeAfie; but on Novemtwr T Informed the San Franeleeoeortibi - that the aending of wtrfleaaoperator! war impossible at AdmiralMoore hid Informed bin be bad toleavo Honolulu harbor that night or Inlte: r i ... i .-. .By thla time the nam of A. ViJHrebotaen ftaturet in th diary ntrie t - "K-IT' , nnd ia mentionedmany tiatea later, and th naval Intellitrenee. offieiali flgure-. that he report;ed-1 Ornuhof and Kodiek, alao to the)Ban Jtraneiieo eoniulate and alao tthe embaMy at Waihington, duringwhi- time tie served aa quartermaatet6k th China. Ia fact, "K-17" aladrepreeented the owner of the'ateamier 'Maverick at Hilo; and contractedfor anppliei for th veasel, for which;he paid.'- i . . , j' On November 17 Oramhof aaytl"Tbii afternoon the- eoniol earn o4board witb Dr.'rVhwelk from Manila1nd Tiingtau. He ha fteeret -tnei'ago. ' I will give-him a military paa4tort from July 15 to Afagnt 19. Knotwill ariv' him timnuirtMiaa ilThen . later he addai "Hnvo decidednot ,to, give fehweik pamport boKirehelien, the quartarmaiiter oftheChlna, warned -me agaiait hunjaaying .mipieten bad been directedagainst him, aaying luipleioa bad beendirected on Pchweik'on the China: Klrchoiie'n irave m anil Uia r,i.i. ti.(Pommcrn S radib code for tending newa."Ho rSchweikl fl.lm. n.k. . it uagent for the aupprennion of whitilavery and th opium traffic."Entor Mt. Klbaaa, v w , j .j ., ,On December tl T. W. K1Kkl. ....tern into the diary entriea. He camaovavn ine - weier- -and -requeirted informatfon conoeraiag bote of eportlni? ' rifle aboaril tk HnlnH.whether aa cargo they could be aent tJapan or China. -Several month later, on Aprlt 25,the Washington embassy wired araaa-roiuoe m deliver in nriea, irthyro partly paid for. &s the Grme authoritle would nr.nnge to purchaw them anyhow. He wa advisedto drop thenjjlown. "by eouraoa n fewat tim, with caution ia th bay andlet them-be covered with ear'v Bodiek,' according to Grasshof, wired the embassy that there were fifty.one shotguns, thirty-six stock, thirty.Hi barrels and fourteen boxes of ammunition. On the twenty-eighth Grasshof had a eon vernation with Klebahnand Schroeder about the weapons and( they rdeelded ' to . inform . the embassy,of ' the danger 6f somebody gettinginto difficulties if th American authorities -found them on board. "' "Going back to December 2i, 1914, hemention Nava Lieutenant Telt arriving from -Shanghai ea. the Mongolia,having escaped from Tsingtru and bothhe and an aviator were traveling asmerchant!,, with forged passports.OU 'the same day tbtttan' Franciscocdneulat wired him to get in wirelesstouch' with- the Cormoran, at Guam, totransmit message!.iOn December 29 he received a message) from Washington asking if he hadrwewved -My information about Japiaa tronsport reported to bo takiagtroop to CampecbO' (Mexico). Twoday rater he wired Manila and Bhangrhai-asking if the Japanese report wastTuOi' Blld charged himself to requestKrreheisen ' to get 'more informhtionwhile in Japan. The latter wa towho "arrived' if the rumor was correct,. atid " leoviBg"- if lnorret. TheCOtmornn'cantrht- hised wbat bo meant and nd vised hint tuse. tne nvy oodei -' On January- 6,110, Krrcbeisn informed him tia .Trv.attcWrp' -movement or prepara.rroDft.-had ueen taade. On January 23Grasetiof -transferred this informationto "Washington: " -r la order -not- to" compromise "K IT"who w abedrd th China, then apnroaehinir Hoaulnln. (triiakirf anannote in his dlart that b bad decideduoi w attempt lo wire to t be man onboard tho vessel. There was mor information eonem minm ! JintnuA viei.afound Sear Manila, and, Japanese oldnije oeing sola to Hussia, the information given him direct by 'K-17'.-vAnorber portion of "K-17's" commanlcstioa on Ftthriiarv tl tkaf th.Chines crew of tho China bad broughtWeapons' fe ho Ml at Hi l'tin.l..Atonsibly to be used in a revolt In n'onir-I ...itr ... . . . . .nwas to ascertain toreal dpstinStloK nf tha armk an.led the organiser of the gun handlerw aboard tho China.wow' of the Spy-Another portion 'of !"K-17s" com-tunieation-to Ufaashof and duly enterd -ln--h"diary, naya-that ChiefSteward MorirSn ?Auitrsli.s ahnanitb. China was in "K-17'a" way. OnJaodary 17,'-'"K-17" Inf ormed : Oraaa-bof by wireless that' two Japaoestransports bad been sighted headingsoutheast, when the China waa about240O mile west of Honolulu. -On March 18, while tho China waain port Grasshof saw Kireheisen andentered the following note from thconversation ' v'tHobttein got threeJeara' confinement for shanghaielng a 1apanes eowbey n the Mack. (proVably, the Maverick-). Also, the 'K17' was almbst arrested in Kobe, but 'wa warned by the first officer aud gotaboard quickly. . He baa Amerleaititineuihip papers and reported dimself to the' consulate at Ban Franciscoat iho outbreak of th war." .Od February SO, liUS," he writes:'"A' letter from 'Boy-Ed- In which htntes that Captain von Papon, military'attache, told bim that since th interning an American submarine (atHonolulu), ' eaine aloagiide 1 and it 'mmander made th following ro.mark to th watch officer (of Ooler):'1 would like to do something againstt Japs outside, jf 'w could come toiome agreement.' - After speaking with,tb olllner on watch-at the time I reported to Boy Kd that the report wasuntrue.? . .IntrUugutry .. , , :This entry on Mart-h 14 is inUresting; "Iteccivcd a telegram from banFrancisco, saying ' Tab rise h wi started out from there on th tenth and incase anything- befell ' bim Gelssmann,of lipcig, will b paused off for him.'(I. ., aecrefly substituted in his place).'.' I answered by telegram ss followst'.My word of honor requires that I report th arrival of Pahriach to the ad'mlral and also (he reason he waa aentback without permission from (or thknowledge of) th GeleK'.'' M ' 'March lrt, miSx "Tuesday th Iflth,telegram from 8aerbeh, with refervnc to my telegram hf the 16thHave notified the admiral of-the deibartur .'of . Pahriach'. Report was overlooked on account Of fagelmanu' ab.sertce.' " . :April 9, 191.1: "Consul at fn FrahiCisco stated that Htriebel and N. Ol(aon-eommiasioned officer) from thLeiptig came in on a V, rl. transport. 'fApril 13: "Traasport Hhermaa is 1stBtriebel and Geissmann oa board, tbmeter formerly-or the leipsig.". April 17, 1015i "Decision of thnavy department on th parole of thepaymaster' clerk ia here. They alsoask if there is a man named PabrlscHon bord. The requested parol wasent over.' Also wrote them that theyhad evidently ' mistaken the namPaenich for Pahriach." , . 1On April 24 be say be wss advisedby the consulate at Baa Francisco to"plense quietly 'and in an Inconsplcuibn way circulate rumor of a plan ofattack on Canada." . He -didn't nnderstnnd this sn.l asked for plainer infStmctioiis, but later received a reply."The affair Is settled."'He became. Interested in a plan tddestroy scert matter" and askedNew York consulate if It was neeewsary, to whleh the consulate repliedasking Grasshof to ' Instruct Germansteamer t immediately- burn all ae'eret mattera relating to the naval ser.tie and to notify tho Alsasa at PagoIago.On May 17, 1015 requested instructions by wIto "Do you deem necessarythe destruction of the entire et ofmachinery nbroad the Geier", but wasadvised to destroy only steamers'equipment.:, ni -.' i. 1Moaaag From Bernstorff .Count von Bernstorff now begins tofigure In tho diary, for a message wareceived from the ambassador on MayIS, 1010,' addressed to-soma on here,the name being omitted from th diary,however, 'which.' said, cryptieslly,"Danger of' bavin 'weapons courses ted." Three days later, H. V. B,Washington," who ia pmbably Bernstorff, ' wired, "Dd not destroy," butthe instructions- apparently came toolate-for Grasshof replied that he badcomplied immediately with instructionsin the first message.Then comes Albert Wehde, the mawho waa in Honolulu Inst spring, fetedby the Rotary Clob, and then arrestedhere nnd tsken to Chicago as a participant in the Hindu conspiracy plot. ,Grasshof met Wehde at the Gennaaconsulate in tho Hackfeld building oMay 22, aaying the man was on bis wayto the Orient oa business.. On June 12the Maverick ia ; introduced ' in' thediary,. Grasshof making eotry that thnewspnjiers bar published a story of aaunknown or unidentified steamer arriv'ing at Hilo.Then came Instruction from thearch-conspirator Boy-ed td spread thnews of a Germnn submarine being atwork in the Houth Hess, nnd "Plenaspread' the information very carefully."--Thismessage waa received byGrasshof on Jane 17. ' ' '-Grnsshof was instructed to assign aradio, operator to the Cormoran on August L'0, 1015. This message came fromBoy-ed, bnt the following day he madeentry that Manila had informed himthis could not be done,' as GermansWere forbidden to land at Guam,iOn September 14 be' wrote that Captarn von Papen and Prince von Hatz-feld-Tracheaberg'wet making an incognito visit in Han Francisco.In November be enters in-his diarysome American official -message transmitted from Kahuku to Tutuila, signedby "Lansing," this one reading as follows:' '"Kadio'lK .IF, government!, Washington. TO Govt. Naval Station, Tituilla. For' American Consul, Apia, KithDepartment, November 10. Pleaofl report full eoacerning the arrest Of Hanssen and 'grounds for placing th German management and plantation ' employees of the South Sea Island ofHamburg, under forced administration." " ' '.Jack Cleary MentionedThen, the luy after Christmas, 11)15.Grasshof tells of attending a Christmaseelebratiou at PhOeaix Hall, when somespeeches were made by Jack Cleary, alocal Irishman, and Professor Dwyer.Here is his entry!December 2i, "1 i 1 5 'Record of speechmade at meeting nf Germane to celebrate Christmas, Phoenix Hall, December 27. lit 1 5. Dwyer is Prof. PntrickDwyer, tencher of languages, who hadan office for some time at Dr. Schurmann 's, Beretania Street.Speech Professor Dwyer! "I believe in peace. I would like "to seepeace.' I want to See peace .When theTeutonic Allies have driven th Russian Bear tn the North Pole; when theyhave trampled on the proud Lilies ofFrance until they are nndistinguishsble from the mire; when they havedriven tl Garibaldi Dagoes into thecrater of Mount Vesuvius; when theyhave twistedJack Cleary(from the audience):" Aain "Prof. Dwyer:Jack Cleary:Prof. Dwyer:"and twisted ""Once morel ""and twisted tbotoil of the Ku.'lish I.iou until hi bowlseau be heard reverberating through thedeepest dungeons or Bell: "SPAIN WILL PRESENT - iVIGOROUS PROTESTSMADRID, December 13 (AssociatedPress) The Stianlsh itemlre an.nounncd today that the ggvernment ispreparing an energetic protest to Germany against tho U-boat bombnrrlmontof the Spanish steamer Claudia nnd thekilling or eiifUt persons.PHES CURED IIT B TOKDATSPA.O OINTMENT is guaranteed tocur blind, bleeding, Itching or prouu.liug PILES ib 6 to day ormoney refunded. Msnofacrured bytlie PARIS MEDICINE CO., SI. Louis,U.S.A.IliJEKiiOtO.. .;BANISH BOOZE WHENOLD YEAR IS ENDED"a. i , miBars Wilt Sell Only Soft DrinksvAfter. First of Year Is DcciV sion of DirectorsEMPLOYES vToTaTING; RU1E TO BE DISCHARGEDCompany Has Operated Ba,r On1 Only One Boat But Stewards Have Had LicensesNo more liipior will he sold on anyof the Inter Islnn.l vessels after thefirst of the year, according to NormsnVi Oedge. who sni.l Inst night that hefeel confident that n. h a decision willbo for the) best interests of all concerned. II added that although thebar on the Mauna Kca is the only oneIn which the comjmny has bad an interest t many of the stewards on othervessels Of the line have had internalrevenue licenses which tiermit them tosell liquor to person traveling on thehigh sea, nNot OporaUd For Profit"Th company has never operatedthe bar on the Mauna Kea for profit,"said Mr. Gedge, "hut merely for theaccommodation of the 'traveling public In many eases it has also servedn safety valve for, knowing liquorcould be obtained on hoard, there arethose who) would not provide themselveswith greater qnantities than they couldconveniently use."Ih cases Where no liquor Is" servedalioard a vessel it has been shown thatliquor baa been carried aboard in inordinate : quantities. This leads totreating which in many instanceamount to goodly-sized glasses or portions which produce a state of intoxication' seldom found when a bar 'is athand. , However, the hoard of directorsbav decreed that no more liquor willbo aold to patrons by either the company or ita vmployns fend any employefound guilty of violation of the orderwill be dismissed forthwith." a80U Soft DrlnkiMr. Hedge said that the bar will notbo dooo away with entirely, for it isnow' th intention of the company todispense) soft- drinks and cigars in thestead of alcoholic beverages. This willprovide a place for the men folk tocongregate ami play cards, but theSale Of intoxicating liquors will hestrictly tabu.... ,tXR.tt f v i ; i k l ' ' it1South Sea Merchants Wish ToDo Business With LocalFirms 'Xtcarasliip stowards as go-betweena intho handling of merchandise aold byHonolulu firms and purchased by I persons in American ttsmoa are appropriate persons to undertake to receivehere, and deliver at Pago Pagoy smallsiaed articles such aa hats and shoes,but not necessarily large articles anehas oil stoves and sewing machines, according to a merchant of Hamoa whorecently wrote the chamber of commerce suggesting the placing Of ordersfor goods in Honolulu in future, instead of with New York and Han Francisco as formerly.The writer snid be and others desiredto trade with Honolulu busioess firmsand asked for f. o. b. prices at Honolulu, and said that articles boughtcould be forwarded in charge of thosecond and third stewards of the steamship Ventura, who would be rcmunernted for their trouble by the importers, 'hiThe writer said that they desired -toget prices on shoes, particularly thoseused more generally in tropical 'countries; hats and haberdashery suitable tohot climates; watches, sewing machinea,oil stoves, galvanixed iron, tools, and aoforth, and suggested that, of course,owing to. the large sir.e of some of thearticles, the stewards could hardly beexpected to handle these.The letter will be mimeographed bythe chamber of commerce and -sentaround to alb local dealers, while thechamber secretary will notify the Pamoan merchant of the action taken,-advisinghim also of the rates by express,freight aud parrel post.KOCKFORD, Illinois, November 27Brig.Xlen. L. W, Kennon took command of the tttith Division of th National Army at Camp Grant todav,succeeding Maj.-Oe.n. Thomas It.Barry, who deported on detached aer-vii-e.HEALTH OF SWEDEN JS .)N0W BETTER THAN EVERSTOCKHOLM. Dwember 10 Assooiuted Press') According to bwedisligovernment reports, the health of thenation ii better than ever before, notw ithstanding the food difHcalties. Ther-'tockholm death rate is a record, having fallen to 12.H per 1000 inhabitants,iigninst a normal average of 1S.7. '- .COLD IN IOWAISIUl'X CITY, Iowa, neouiW 13(Associated Press) The thermometertuduy went down to twenty degrees below cro.COME TO HONOLULUBOY SCOUTS TO BE. rCALLED TO COLORSYouths' Will Be Mustered IntoFederal Service, It IsStated At MeetingNews that the Boy Hcouts are to becalled into fekral service by the government aud be on duty In Uniform dayanil night like any military unit ofFacie Ham's forces ent a thrill ofquick interest through the gathering atthe annual meeting of the HonoluluHoy Hcouts last night.The news that the Boy Hcouts are tobe "called .out" in the service of thenntlon came as a part of a communication to Roger N. Burnham, executivecommissioner of the Honolulu orgaaiution, from.. James Wilder, former popular scout master here, and now in NewYork where he is scout mnstor incharge of the Heascouts of. America.The part of the letter I ns follows:"As Mr. West spoke of it himself,I do not mind telling you that the1'nited Btates government Is about' totake over the Boy Hcouts of Americabodily. They ore to be lixted for communication service and will be expected to get into uniform and atay in uni.form night and day. Moreover, anyboy weiring a uniform that in any wayresembles the scout uniform, marineuniform, or the sailor' anlform will bepromptly Arrested."When the action outlined Is to becarried out by the federal governmentis not definitely stated, but it i believed hero that the Order will comesome tint onrly in the new year,'-Report were presented, new officerselected arid a number of interesting addresses were given at the meeting andbanquet which was held on the YoUngHotel roof. The new officers namedare President. Hauford B. IMej vicepresidents Drl J. B. Pratt, A." L. Castleand George Deanlson; executive commissioner, R. TI. Burnhsmv-Pomnilssion-er,Harry- 8. Hay ward; executive committee, John timid; James A. Rath, W.F. Dillingham. William Thompson;- P;f. l'ortd. The Hawaiian Trust conipnnywas chosen to act as treasurer of theorganization.Addresses were delivered by Dr. J,A. Pratt, Jsmes A. Rath, the retiringpresident, Captain W. 11. Foster, A. 11.Ford and 8. B. Dole, th ttew president1Many interesting points were broughtout in the address of Dr. Pratt whogave an outline of what scouts can doto help conserve food. Statistics, ' bsaid, show that every rat destroy foodworth $1.37 each ymr.t What savingsmight b effected through wholesale extermination of rodents directed by BoyScouts may be guessed- when one-triestd flgur bow many rata 'are at large InHonolulu- alone.' The epeaker pointedout that the draft 'wilt materially deplete the ranka of worker of th boardof health and in thia connection he aaidh expected help from the fJcOirta. v Inconcluding hia remark he offered 100in prize money to Scout! for ' improvement designed to better sanitary conditions. . ., ., 'TJr( Mar Syntona. Th retiring president in his addressurged more system in th general workof the organization and particularly insoliciting and raising the amounta covered by the annual budget. At the conclusion of bis address a vote of thaiikswas given him for hla work, of thepast year. ,;(..Of interest to Scout! generally wasthe statement of Captain Foster' whostated that he could get the Iater-Isl-aildslip as headquarters -for HonoluluHea Scouts. Captain' Foster" also exEressed his willingness to-supervise theuilding of a boat th Sea Hcouts willneed.A. II. Ford, of the Pan-Taeifie College, expressed the wish that tbo olderScouts of all nationalities would comecloser together and learn more of eachother's business method!. ' He urgedgreater unison and better understanding between the races. 'President Dole of the organizationreviewed briefly the record Of the BoyScout In th Territory. He declaredthat he had made a part of the routineof his life the Scout motto, "OneCood Turn Dally," and he bad found itto be full of value of th best sort.All of the ramification of the extensive work of the Scouts in the pastmonths were given in detail in the report presented liy Scout Executiveliurnham. A financial statement thatnan presented showed ' that receiptsfrom A f r i 1 1 with a balance broughtforward amounted to $.'l-N9J7with disbursements for the ptriod $.'t(MHl..11,leaving a balance on hand December 11of 1W.0H. " -,rIn addition tn the announcement concerning the calling of the Scouts intofederal service aa stated ia the communication from Wilder, other interesting details of Wilder' letter weregiven. 'In his letter, which Is dated November 116, Wilder says that "next weekthe. Sea Scout program will nrobably belaunched." He adds that this is to be"a formal, ctiqiictted, hard workiagside of the tcout movement." He adds.I "You can't be a Sea Scoutmaster without taking an examination. The firstgrade requires that tho Scoutmastermust be an able seaman, able that Is, totack, run free, anil pick np moorings,swim, sav life, and so forth."., , .SPRECKELS IS WITNESSWASHINGTON,' December 13 (Associated Press) The senate subcommittee hearing on the augsr shortagewill be held tomorrow. I'laus Hprockels will bo the first wit uess., , ; . ;UNNECESSAEY W0XD8Why wants words and advertisingspace in describing the many pointsof merit i-i ('hnnibc.rluin 'a Cough Reinc.lv 1 The mcst fastidious are satistied when we nt:ite that It cures coldsand coughs from any cause, and that Iit contain absolutely no narcotics orinjurious kubstaucos. For snlo by alldealers. For sale by BeiiKou, Smith tCo., Ltd., Agts. for llawiii. Adverti-.iiieiit.MAINLANOER UALiEDWEV COLLECTOR OFWTEBBtraOEHoward Haihaway, Unknown 'InHawaii. Appointed By President To Fill VacancyIS BELIEVEDRESI0ENT iOF WASHINGTON STATEFriends of Johnstone. Disappointed, Tiit His Long Service ,Mas Not Been RewardedHoward Hathaway, mainlanoVr, habeen appointed by President Wilson as'collector of Internal re venue for Hawaii to succeed the late Joha F. Haley.The appointment, which i subject toconfirmation by the Fnited States senate, la believed to be a recess one. Hofar ns known-Mr.- Hathaway 'r namh not been er to the-senate.The new collector is now on the wsyto Honolulu and will tak office themorning of December 22. ' .This information was received Tester- 'day in a letter from th internal revenue department in " Washington .' byRalphs. Johnstone, acting collectorsine the death of Mr.- Haley. Ji6 furtU-'er particular were given in th lettv' Mh Johnstone doer not know whothe new eolleetor is or where be comesfrom.;, Tho hews comes as a distinctsurprise, for it was believed in somequarters that the department ' wouldlam sortie local man from among themany who have been after the position. 'It hsd "been" hoped by many in Honolulu -that Johnstone' ninny year ofefficient servls -in the - departmentwould be rewarded by the Presidentby 'Ma appointment. " -:There. Is ranch disappointment in Honolulu that this big federal plum shouldgo to' A' mainland nrah, for it was believed right along that- this time, particularly, this important office would bogiven to an Island man, inasmuch asamong th Kany who were nfter thojob were several eligible, who would .bo aoreptabU locally. ' . . ' fKeen disappointment is felt bere thatRalph S. Johnstone failed of landingthe position for. if any man wan entitled to a position, say hia friends,.Tohnsfone was certainly that man. Heha been in the department's servicefor many year and for a long timhas been chief office deputy, a positioncarrying quite as much work, If notmot than that of tho head.; 'iSince the death of Collector' Haley,several months aso, Johnstone baa bee'uacting Sepufy Collector and during this 'time ha conducted the' work of thoffle with satisfaction to all. it la aaid. 'New war revenue measures have eomoInto effect and operation since'. Tobn--'sfons took full rharg of the efflc andthe work has more than doubled np In 'all respects, with the collections beingtripled-tn ambuntAppoUtoo TJaknotra Hr "Aa far aa could be learned yesterdsy,Mr. Hnthaway, th new collector, seemsto be Washington State man.''When I waa la Washington D C.,'recently," said Malcolm A. Franklin,collector of the Tort of Honolulu, "Iwas- given to nnderstand that tho appointment for collector of internal revenue In Hawaii would go to a AVasliingron State man. No names were men-,tloneil, bowever;. .1..."I don't know Mr. Hathaway, except that I presume ho Is a 'Democratand, If he Is that,' as I 'take it forgranted, then I can say ho ia good'man." . ..' ..'' Among the local candidate for theoffice, in addition to Ralph 8. Johnstone, waa Clarene D. Pringle,' , who 'was one a deputy, for a brief period vOf service,1 In the department. . Mr. ,Pringle waa one of three local wen whosecured the indorsement of th tcrri-torial executive committee of the lcino- 'cratlc Party." -;- '. .,'';; "..''.V. "v. '''."-,Pringle pressed . hia ' candidacy . evento th doors of congress in Washington,where he visited for a 'spell tn his own".'Interests: When' be returned bere neve... 'rnl weeks ago Pringle iermitted himself to say that there was nothing toIt; that he had the appointment clinched. All there Was really to be done, 'h believed, was the shouting and whenthe time came be would do all of that .Ralph Jobnatone took the situationvery philosophically when notified yesterday from' Washington'' tbut Mr.Hathaway had been appointed. ' -'"I have nothing to say," he said,"aud will ouly await the arrival of 1the new rol lector. I shall be ready atnoy time to turn th office over to himand await hi pleasure."It is believed that there will be no 7changes in the local office for loinotime. Collector-Hathaway will naturally want to And himself aud lea ro tholay of the land. After that, it WU 'aaid yesterday, the changes, if auy willcome, may I made. Mr. Hathaway 'will probably ' have some mainlndfriends to honor and thou will beginthe falling of beads into the wastebasket.44 It 1 a downright shame that the . 'pnrty ia power refuaeo to recognize 'efttcieucy in office," said a high officialyesterday, a man who Is almost of anon partisan' stamp. "There is no such 'thihg as c flic ieucy and honest servicewith the Democratic party.- It' all 'politics.' Tber Is absolutely no reasonunder th sun why Johnstone shouldnot hv received th appointment. If .auv mau waa ever entttlod to promutiou KJohnstone eertainlv was. , ."Politics of this kind go toward .makintf any man desirous of aurviug tlinfederal government lukewarm in biefforts. The rase of Johustoue is oneid Hiut. He has been in the ofticemany years aad there is nothing ngaiusthi record,' which is all in bin favor..But he is not labelled ' Democrat,' audeverything goes for nothing.. If. he ia .n Republican his partisanship has. certainly been Of the klud that cannotbe termed off uuulve. :.'.'"Mr. Hathaway may be a goo) aisu,efficient nnd all that, but, then, wlieivIn tho deuce Is that vaunted principle 'of democracy bom rulcf". .. ' 1-